[at-l] Anonymous

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OOH, now you've gone an' dunnit!!!
(At least the "J" remains the same)
-George Spelvin
123 Main Street
Anywhere, USA 07734

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> Speaking of missing persons, whatever happened to this guy, by the 
> way? He used to post some back in 1996, if my archives ain't lying. 
> Must have been a Kentucky fan. 
> 
> --Rhymin' Worm 
> 
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> To: at-l@inc.net 
> Subject: Hello 
> From: "Robert J. Davis" 
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:17:41 -0700 
> Organization: Ace of Spades Landscaping 
> Hello there. My name is Rob Davis ... I love them cats ... I'm a 
> section hiker with 
> 850-plus miles done. I'm very new to this, so bear with me. I'm a 
> landscaper, so do most of my hiking in fall/winter. This is a great time 
> to hike because you don't have problems with most of the things on the 
> lists of the last few days. RE: blisters. Shave and duct-tape the feet 
> before you leave the house. And if you miss any spots with the duct-tape, 
> you can end up with some really cool shaped blisters. Thanks for letting 
> me in and I hope to not be bothersome. 
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> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/at-l From Bror8588 at aol.com  Tue Oct 11 07:36:00 2005
From: Bror8588 at aol.com (Bror8588@aol.com)
Date: Tue Oct 11 08:39:37 2005
Subject: [at-l] The Gathering in Hanover, NH in the Rain
Message-ID: <83.31e66782.307d19c0@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 10/10/2005 9:13:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
jbullar1@twcny.rr.com writes:

Analysis  please. Why were you wet? Water running down lines/too small or 
poorly  placed fly/condensation from chilly temps without insulation below? 
What  kind of hammock?

I've had problems with waking up with a wet butt in my  Clark when temps 
drop in to the 40s. They made the bed of coated nylon  (bad idea) so when it 
gets cool and moisture from my body condenses on the  inside, it all runs 
down by my butt. A blue foam pad helps a lot by  eliminating the condensation.

BTW you should have gone to Ed Speers'  hammock workshop if he did one. Very  
enlightening.



I (Smart guy that I am) thought that I could improve on the Clark Jungle  
Hammock setup so I strung a line higher than the hammock (about a foot higher)  
and I found out that the line caused a steady drip onto the Hammock  itself.  
Also it was really raining quite hard so everything got wet (even  with the 
fly).  I did use the Target Blue Pad in the hammock and that did  prevent laying 
in a puddle.  
 
Two years ago I attended Ed Speers workshop and learned a lot.  He was  not 
at The Gathering this year.  Because I didn't discover the problem of  the drip 
until I was laying in my hammock I don't think he could have  helped.  Mea 
Culpa!  All the way!
 
Still, ALDHA's Fall Gathering was a great experience.  Lots of the  
"pavilions" were well used by some smart campers.  
 
Wish you could have been there, Saunterer.  I would have enjoyed your  
Photography Workshop.
 
Skylander